Full-Time

Sales Trainee

Packaging

Updated on 8/1/2026

UFP Industries

UFP Industries

1,001-5,000 employees

Manages packaging, construction, and retail subsidiaries

Compensation Overview

$55k - $65k/yr

Minneota, MN, USA

In Person

Travel to customer sites and other facilities is required as part of training and professional development.

Category
Sales & Account Management (1)
Required Skills
Sales
CRM
Word/Pages/Docs
Customer Service
Excel/Numbers/Sheets
Microsoft Outlook

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Requirements
  • A Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, or a related field, or equivalent work experience, is required.
  • Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, and Outlook, is required.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills are required.
  • Willingness to learn, travel, and step outside a comfort zone is required.
  • Professionalism, organization, and a customer-first mindset are required.
Responsibilities
  • Develop a thorough understanding of company products, sales processes, policies, and procedures.
  • Learn how manufacturing operations, purchasing, shipping, and receiving support the sales cycle.
  • Apply business math concepts to manufacturing and sales scenarios.
  • Travel with Account Managers to customer sites and gain exposure to live sales interactions.
  • Make sales calls to current and prospective customers with guidance and coaching.
  • Assist with customer service inquiries and help resolve issues promptly and professionally.
  • Build and maintain customer relationships that support long-term success.
  • Learn and use UFPI business systems, customer relationship management tools, and sales applications.
  • Accurately enter customer orders and assist with sales documentation.
  • Prepare reports and summaries for supervisors and management.
  • Use Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Excel, and Word to stay organized and communicate effectively.
  • Manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and develop time-management skills.
  • Plan and participate in meetings, ensuring materials and participants are prepared.
  • Travel to other facilities as part of best-practice training and professional development.

UFP Industries manufactures and distributes wood and wood-alternative products for the packaging, construction, and retail markets across four continents. The company operates through specialized subsidiaries that transform raw materials into finished goods, such as structural components for buildings and custom crates for shipping industrial equipment. Unlike many competitors that focus on a single niche, UFP Industries uses a vast global footprint to serve multiple industries simultaneously, reducing its reliance on any one economic sector. Its goal is to provide a steady supply of essential materials to global clients by leveraging its large-scale manufacturing and logistics network.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Muscle Shoals, Alabama

Founded

1955

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What believers are saying

  • Pallet and packaging demand benefits from e-commerce logistics and inventory restocking.
  • Acquisition-led regional expansion deepens UFP's fragmented pallet-network footprint.
  • Outdoor living brands like Deckorators and ProWood support higher-margin mix.

What critics are saying

  • Residential housing weakness directly reduces volumes in Construction and Retail segments.
  • Canadian lumber price discipline compresses margins across wood-intensive businesses.
  • Customer substitution toward plastic, metal, and corrugated packaging erodes wooden product demand.

What makes UFP Industries unique

  • Diversified across retail, construction, packaging, and industrial end markets.
  • UFP Packaging is the largest U.S. producer of wooden pallets and crates.
  • Global subsidiaries in Mexico, India, China, the U.K., and Australia support localization.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

401(k) Company Match

401(k) Retirement Plan

Paid Vacation

Paid Holidays

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Tuition Reimbursement

Wellness Program

Company News

Yahoo Finance
Mar 11th, 2026
UFP Industries posts slowest Q4 among building materials stocks, revenue falls 9%

UFP Industries reported Q4 revenues of $1.33 billion, down 9% year on year and missing analysts' expectations by 5%. The building materials company, which serves construction, retail and industrial sectors, delivered the slowest revenue growth amongst nine tracked building materials stocks. The quarter proved disappointing, with significant misses on both revenue and adjusted operating income estimates. CEO Will Schwartz noted markets are stabilising despite soft demand, adding the company remains "cautiously optimistic" for 2026 after navigating a challenging 2025. Building materials stocks collectively missed revenue consensus estimates by 1.2% in Q4, with share prices falling an average of 10% since earnings. UFP Industries has declined 13.4% since reporting and currently trades at $92.09.

Yahoo Finance
Feb 27th, 2026
UFP Industries misses earnings but returns $443M via buybacks as it pivots to higher-margin products

UFP Industries reported weaker fourth-quarter results on 23 February 2026, with sales declining to $1.33 billion in Q4 and full-year net income falling to $294.79 million, missing analyst expectations. Despite the earnings miss, the company returned $443 million to shareholders through buybacks in 2025 and increased its quarterly dividend to $0.36 per share. The company is investing heavily in higher-margin brands like Deckorators and implementing a $60 million cost reduction plan to offset weakness in construction and packaging markets. UFP completed a $166.19 million share repurchase tranche whilst expanding capacity for composite products. Fair value estimates from analysts range from $106.85 to $165.90 per share. The company projects $7.1 billion revenue and $443.8 million earnings by 2028.

Butler Eagle
Aug 26th, 2025
UFP Industries to close Armstrong County location

UFP Industries to close Armstrong County location.

Missoula Current
Jul 29th, 2025
Lewistown lands new manufacturing facility, one closes in Bonner

However, on Monday, UFP Industries announced to employees the closure of its UFP Edge facility in Bonner along with an estimated 100 layoffs.

France Media
Apr 16th, 2025
UFP Industries to Open 240,000 SF Manufacturing, Warehousing Facility Near Buffalo

UFP Industries to open 240,000 SF manufacturing, warehousing facility near Buffalo.